Vacation and Break Schedule

The University limits all activities during recess periods of one week or more and at those times the residence halls and the dining hall close. Here are the break dates for the 2007-2008 academic year. Please share these dates with your parents as you and they make flight and other travel arrangements.

 

Labor Day

Monday, September 1, 2008. No classes will be held. Residence halls will be open and the dining hall will provide regular meal service.

 

Fall Break

No classes will be held Friday through Sunday, October 10-12, 2008. Residence halls will be open and the dining hall will provide regular meal service.

 

Thanksgiving

No classes will be held Wednesday through Sunday, November 26-30, 2008. Halls close at 8pm Tuesday, November 20th and reopen at 12 noon Sunday, November 25th. The last board plan meal will be the evening meal on Tuesday. The board plan will resume with Sunday brunch. Classes resume at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 26, 2007.

 

Christmas/Semester Break

Final Exam Days for Fall Semester are Monday through Friday, December 8-12, 2008. Winter Commencement will be held on Saturday, December 13, 2008; however those participating in commencement and requiring additional time will have until 12 noon on Sunday, December 14th to be checked out of their room. The last meal of the board plan is the evening meal on Saturday. Residence halls will open at 12 noon Sunday, January 4, 2009 and the board plan resumes with brunch that day. Spring Semester classes begin on Monday, January 5, 2009.

 

Martin Luther King Remembrance

Monday, January 19, 2009. No classes will be held. Residence halls will be open and the dining hall will provide regular meal service.

 

Spring Break

Halls will close at 7pm on Friday, February 27, 2009. The last meal of the board plan is the evening meal on Saturday, February 28. Student teachers will be allowed to stay in the residence halls at no charge, but will have to provide for their own meals during the break. Residence halls will open at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 8, 2009 and the board plan will resume with brunch on that day.

 

Easter Weekend

No classes will be held Thursday through Monday, April 9-13, 2009. Residence halls will not close; however the board plan ends after the evening meal on Wednesday and resumes with breakfast on Monday. Classes resume at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2009.

 

End of Spring Semester/Academic Calendar

Final Exam Days for Spring Semester are Monday through Friday, April 27 - May 1, 2009. Residence halls will close at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 3, 2009. Meal service hours will be shortened on Saturday, May 2, 2009, the last day of the board plan. The last meal of the board plan is the evening meal. Special provisions will be made for students working for the university during the summer and/or taking summer courses.